United States v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
734 F.3d 270 · 2013
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Whren v. United States · Rhode Island v. Innis
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is possible, of course, that a suspect in custody could implicate himself in a criminal act in response to any question or action no matter how innocuous. If possibility were the standard, therefore, an officer would risk suppression when ever he spoke within earshot of an unwarned suspect. But Miranda was intended to protect suspects from coercive police practices, not render officers mute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the test for determining whether a suspect was subjected to interrogation is whether a reasonable objective observer would believe an officer's express questioning [was] reasonably likely to elicit an incriminating response.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the police surely cannot be held accountable for the unforeseeable results of their words or actions”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.